Anthony McClanahan, 46, a former player for the Dallas Cowboys, is accused of being a suspect in the grisly murder of his wife, Keri “KC” McClanahan, 28, who was found dead in a Park City condominium resort.
Adding another twist, McClanahan, a former college football star before he was signed and then cut by the Cowboys in the 1990s, is also accused of kidnapping his young son in an earlier case. He was identified as a suspect in the murder of Keri in court documents in the earlier case, which occurred in October.
On social media, the couple’s photos tell the story of a happy couple devoted to fitness, children, and disaster relief (Keri was the mother of two children, but Anthony was not their father.) However, Keri’s sister told a different story to the Tribune.
She told the newspaper that “there had been a history of domestic violence in the relationship,” reported the newspaper. “Since Keri and Anthony McClanahan’s marriage in January, Keri McClanahan had fled from him a couple of times, her sister said. On one occasion, she returned to her home state of Washington, where her family lives, but later returned to the home she shared with Anthony McClanahan in Arizona.
Recently, Keri McClanahan had ‘sought refuge’ in Utah, the sister said.” According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Keri’s sister said that “Anthony McClanahan tried to blame his behavior on injuries he’d suffered while playing football.”
In the separate kidnapping case, he was accused in early October of “child kidnapping” in a case in which Anthony McClanahan “is accused of taking his son from school and refusing to release him to the boy’s mother,” KUTV reported. That case is still pending, but authorities revealed in court documents associated with it that McClanahan had been detained and was a suspect in his wife’s murder. Source, Heavy.
